Changelog

v0.1.0 - The Autonomous Foundation (2026-04-13)

This is the initial MVP release of the opencortex. It establishes a secure, auditable Lisp kernel for a personal operating system.

Metabolic Pipeline: Robust Perceive-Reason-Act loop with selective memory rollbacks and graceful shutdown handling.
Verification Lock: Mandatory skill enforcement via environment configuration. System halts if security policies or bouncers fail to load.
Foveal-Peripheral Context: High-resolution focus on active tasks with low-resolution skeletal awareness of the rest of the Memex.
The Bouncer: Last-mile deterministic security gate with Deep Packet Inspection for secrets and network exfiltration.
Autonomous Scribe: Background distillation worker that turns daily journal entries into evergreen Zettelkasten notes.
Unified Onboarding: Single-command installation (opencortex.sh) with Docker-first deployment and OS detection.
CLI Gateway: Local TCP socket server and interactive chat client for frictionless first contact.

AGPLv3 License: OpenCortex is now officially licensed under the GNU Affero General Public License v3.0, ensuring the system remains free and open for self-hosters.
Contributor License Agreement: Implemented a broad CLA (CLA.org) to allow the core maintainer to enforce the AGPLv3 while retaining flexible commercial rights.

Transitioned to Literate Granularity: Every function and invariant is now documented in its own Org block.
Configuration Externalization: All timing, thresholds, and identities are now driven by environment variables.
Thin Harness Philosophy: Decoupled the kernel from specific editors or third-party gateways.